Ronald Reagan High School is a

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located in the

North East Independent School District The North East Independent School District (commonly NEISD or North East ISD) is a school district located in San Antonio, Texas, United States. North East ISD serves the north central and northeast areas of Bexar County, covering approximately . ...

in San Antonio, Texas, United States, and named after U.S. President

Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...

. The school serves a portion of Timberwood Park. In 2013 Reagan was ranked fifth on

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's ranking of the top 10 high schools in Greater San Antonio.

History

San Antonio, like many Sun Belt cities, experienced explosive growth in its suburbs beginning in the early 1990s. This growth was particularly evident in affluent areas formed by people moving to the city. In Stone Oak and Sonterra north of Route 1604 and between the Blanco Road and US-281 corridors, this rapid growth caused severe overcrowding at nearby Winston Churchill High School. At the time Churchill was the farthest-north school in the North East Independent School District, and its student population grew to 3,400 at a school designed for not more than 2,500. The district recognized this problem, and included an allocation to build a new high school in the area as a part of its 1997 bond issue. The property for the school was purchased from descendants of rancher William Classen prior to passage of the bond issue. After voters approved the bond issue, construction began on the campus. Spaw Glass was the general contractor for the project. The name "Ronald Reagan" was chosen by future students of the school (those currently in attendance at other North East schools) from a list selected by the district's Board of Trustees. A spirit committee selected the mascot "Rattlers" from three finalists and chose green, silver, and black as the school colors. As construction nearing the end, problems with the tiling in some classrooms led to the discovery of a previously unknown spring under the foundation of the building. This caused cracks and potentially long-lasting damage to the brand new school. Despite this, Reagan opened to much fanfare in August 1999, although constructions issues related to the underground spring prevented use of some classroom facilities well into the school's first year. The opening of

Lady Bird Johnson High School Claudia Taylor "Lady Bird" Johnson High School is a high school in the North East Independent School District in the U.S. state of Texas. It is named after U.S. First Lady Lady Bird Johnson. The school is located in on Bulverde road and TPC Par ...

in 2008 relieved overcrowding at Reagan as San Antonio's population continued booming in the early part of the 2000s.

Band

The Ronald Reagan High School Marching Band has been in existence since the school was opened. With the exception of the 2009 BOA Arlington regional, the band has been placed in the finals at every regional entered since the school's beginning. Not only does the Ronald Reagan Marching Band compete in the Texas

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marching competition held every other year, it also enters annually in various

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events including the regionals in

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, and

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, the Super Regional in San Antonio, as well as the Grand National BOA competition held in

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. The band placed second in 2003 and 2005, eleventh in 2002 and 2012, seventh in 2016, and ninth in 2021. The band also participated in nationals in 2007, making semi-finals but missing finals. In 2006, Reagan tied for third in the state of Texas at the UIL State Marching Contest Finals. In 2012, Reagan placed third at the UIL State Marching Contest Prelims, and in 2014 the band placed 5th in the state. In 2018, the band placed second at BOA Super Regional San Antonio with their astounding show “Loop”. From the 2021-2022 school year they are under the direction of Greg White. The band has been selected to march in the 2018 Rose Parade in

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and the 2019

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. In 2019, the band was crowned the BOA San Antonio Super Regional Champion with their record-breaking show, "Secret World”, under the direction of Daniel Morrison, with assistance from Greg White and Mason Daffinee With their finals performance, they achieved the highest BOA Super Regional score of all time, with a 97.3.

Past shows

Grand Nationals performances are denoted with an

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. * Perpetual Motion 2000 * Out of the Box 2001 * The Journey Within 2002* * Beyond Perimeters 2003* * Synergy 2004 * You Never Know 2005* * Transitions 2006 * It Chooses Me 2007* * En Garde 2008 * Have You Got It In You? 2009 * RE- 2010 * Spaces 2011 * Let It Shine 2012* * Epinicion 2013 * Through The Hourglass 2014 * Every(ONE) 2015 * One Love 2016* * Us & Them 2017 * Loop 2018 * Secret World 2019 * Iconic 2020 (non-competitive season due to the COVID-19 Pandemic) * The Path 2021* *In Plain Sight 2022

Athletics

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* Cross Country *

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Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

* Swimming and Diving *

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

Track and Field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

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Notable alumni

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— professional UFC fighter *

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(Class of 2012) — former NFL quarterback, former quarterback at Texas A&M and the University of Oklahoma *

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(Class of 2003) — MLB pitcher, currently a free agent * Anthony Vasquez (Class of 2005) — professional baseball player *

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(Class of 2014) — current NFL linebacker for the

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— NFL quarterback for the

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, former quarterback for the

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References

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